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I think the point is being missed. Is anyone surprised that there are liberal biases in the touchy feely classes? However, my business classes did not have any sort of liberal or conservative bent to them at all.

As evidenced by a large number of unemployed college grads. You can go to a big 10 school, spend a fortune, and come out without ANY knowledge (useful that is) whatsoever. You will come out with someone else's opinion welded in your head, and you'll probably be working near minimum wage.

There's an even larger number of unemployed non-college grads. College degree = better chances of being employed and earning more money over the course of a lifetime, on average.

Well, I've argued that unless you are becoming a professional, college is a complete waste of time and a poor investment. People wonder why our manufacturing jobs are going overseas....when was the last time you heard someone going to a trade school?

The dirty little secret is a lot of these "professional jobs" would do better with trade schools than they would with colleges. Most tech jobs could be handled by trade schools as well as many of the university programs do. The vast majority of tech professionals don't need to know compiler theory, the took a data structures and still can't organize or build them for jack, things like java do garbage collection for you so they don't even know how to follow their own code to make sure their code frees the stuff it doesn't use or hasn't used over a given interval. They are taught system resources are endless, so using them efficiently isn't something they need to be concerned with. And I won't even go into the teaching of UI design, where there only thing that matters is gold plating a turd.

Are there areas where a 4 year "hard" comp sci degree would be more useful than what could be learned in a trade school. Sure, but, 80-90% of those "professionals are never going to get those jobs, even if they had the 4 year degree in the first place.

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I have no problem with education. Unfortunately, the majority of universities teach nothing but propaganda. The classes are now "opinion lectures" and they are all having d!ck measuring contests as to who can hire the more controversial figure, to entice students. On Ivy league schools employs someone who denies the holocaust ever happens, so the next will hire an ex dictator. Maybe Charles Taylor will be hired by NYU to teach human relation studies?

There is a BIG difference between education, and the drivel taught in American schools....which explains why the US is FAAAR down the list....not to mention, having this guy teach would further perpetuate the kids into getting a POOR financial education.

US higher education schools constantly rank among the best in the world:

There's an even larger number of unemployed non-college grads. College degree = better chances of being employed and earning more money over the course of a lifetime, on average.

You are correct, but that number has A LOT of other variables in it. I think something along the lines of college grad vs trade school grad would be a better comparison for the purposes of discussing the "benefit" of college....just my opinion.

So the kids will have a poor financial education because this guy is teaching about managing through a crisis? Think of the children..the poor poor children.

What exactly is he going to teach them? I also don't care "about the children" because MY children are not going to set foot in a liberal school. Like evolved said, they are a private institution. You have the freedom to send your kids there, and I have the freedom NOT to.

As to the core of your argument....I don't see them offering jobs to any conservative economists, politicians, etc. I doubt Peter Schiff's phone or Ron Paul's phone was ringing.

What exactly is he going to teach them? I also don't care "about the children" because MY children are not going to set foot in a liberal school. Like evolved said, they are a private institution. You have the freedom to send your kids there, and I have the freedom NOT to.

As to the core of your argument....I don't see them offering jobs to any conservative economists, politicians, etc. I doubt Peter Schiff's phone or Ron Paul's phone was ringing.

There's an even larger number of unemployed non-college grads. College degree = better chances of being employed and earning more money over the course of a lifetime, on average.

Does that take into account crippling amounts of student debt or does it just look at income? Me thinks, only looks and compares income while conveniently leaving out debt.

Also, history and economics classes can easily be biased...so not just intro to lesbian amputee poetry studies.

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Does that take into account crippling amounts of student debt or does it just look at income? Me thinks, only looks and compares income while conveniently leaving out debt.

Also, history and economics classes can easily be biased...so not just intro to lesbian amputee poetry studies.

The earnings over the lifetime are far greater, at least in the numbers I've seen, to the extent that they easily make up for the time lost from not working + student loans. Not to mention that the average student loan debt isn't this gigantic number.....if I remember correctly it's around 20K.

What exactly is he going to teach them? I also don't care "about the children" because MY children are not going to set foot in a liberal school. Like evolved said, they are a private institution. You have the freedom to send your kids there, and I have the freedom NOT to.

As to the core of your argument....I don't see them offering jobs to any conservative economists, politicians, etc. I doubt Peter Schiff's phone or Ron Paul's phone was ringing.

Would you support Charles Taylor teaching a class on genocide?

What qualifies as a liberal vs. a non-liberal institution? Is Columbia a liberal institution?

Not sure if srs but if so, yes Columbia is a liberal institution....extremely liberal. So liberal in fact that people like Lair would probably be considered crazy right wingers.

Maybe I don't know much about Columbia at large, but I know it's Ivy League and they have an awesome business school that puts out some of THE best professionals.

In any event, I guess I would be happy if my (future) kid got accepted to an Ivy League institution and I wouldn't control them to the point of saying they can or can not go there based on the perceived politics.

Maybe I don't know much about Columbia at large, but I know it's Ivy League and they have an awesome business school that puts out some of THE best professionals.

In any event, I guess I would be happy if my (future) kid got accepted to an Ivy League institution and I wouldn't control them to the point of saying they can or can not go there based on the perceived politics.